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gibingus · 06-25-2003, 11:27 AM

i was limewiring around and got a bunch of what look like music files with a .m4a extension, which i have never seen before. anyone know anything about this format or know what player is required to use it?

meanSpleen · 06-25-2003, 12:06 PM

m4a is an extension for the MPEG audio 4 file format. More commonly used extension is mp4. You should try renaming the file from m4a to mp4. I do believe that Quicktime for windows can handle it.

philzilla · 06-25-2003, 01:00 PM

yup, quicktime will play them for you (even though .mp4 might wrongly give you a WMP icon)

gibingus · 06-25-2003, 01:03 PM

many thanks, spleen, you are indeed the man of the hour. i renamed and qtime picked 'em right up.

ducati999 · 06-26-2003, 01:41 AM

Someone say m4?????

06-25-2003, 11:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
gibingus Insane Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: 38° 51' N 77° 2' W	m4a? i was limewiring around and got a bunch of what look like music files with a .m4a extension, which i have never seen before. anyone know anything about this format or know what player is required to use it?

06-25-2003, 12:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
meanSpleen Squid hat! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: A Few Miles Away From Halx	m4a is an extension for the MPEG audio 4 file format. More commonly used extension is mp4. You should try renaming the file from m4a to mp4. I do believe that Quicktime for windows can handle it. __________________ Like TFP? Donate To Keep It Alive!!

06-25-2003, 01:03 PM	#4 (permalink)
gibingus Insane Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: 38° 51' N 77° 2' W	many thanks, spleen, you are indeed the man of the hour. i renamed and qtime picked 'em right up. __________________ if everyone is thinking alike, chances are no one is thinking.

06-26-2003, 01:41 AM	#5 (permalink)
ducati999 Crazy Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: USA	Someone say m4????? __________________ Twist of the wrist

06-25-2003, 01:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
philzilla Crazy Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Liverpool, UK	yup, quicktime will play them for you (even though .mp4 might wrongly give you a WMP icon)